And now, 2 Gran says, "It really put a wicked pressure pon me now, 'cause I have been working with the 2 a.m. lock-off time and I have been working hard to get the people out early and now this."
"Fi di past two months now, mi have a heavy loss. Although wi nah depend on the money, we need videos, so like when they (police) come 1 o' clock, dem kill di video, and for the past four weeks, the video ting get a blow, an a it wi use fi mek di people dem a foreign si wah gwaan, si di dancers an can sen fi dem eat a food," he said.
However, in some cases, the patrons seem to be responding to the call to come out early.
Meely, one of the promoters for Passa Passa says, "Di people dem nuh fully adjust to the new time but for three weeks straight we lock off regardless. But dem start come out because by 1 or 2 a.m., we had a descent crowd and when it just started, we didn't get much people."
Another promoter of a weekly street dance said he would like to propose that all dances be locked off at 2 a.m., both during the week and on Saturdays.
He says, "Di 12 o' clock not going to mek it, we prefer to have a 2 a.m. lock-off time all throughout, because 12 o' clock is ridiculous. And furthermore, all of Jamaica don't know this and they are already used to the 2 a.m. lock off."
"Fi di past two months now, mi have a heavy loss. Although wi nah depend on the money, we need videos, so like when they (police) come 1 o' clock, dem kill di video, and for the past four weeks, the video ting get a blow, an a it wi use fi mek di people dem a foreign si wah gwaan, si di dancers an can sen fi dem eat a food," he said.
However, in some cases, the patrons seem to be responding to the call to come out early.
Meely, one of the promoters for Passa Passa says, "Di people dem nuh fully adjust to the new time but for three weeks straight we lock off regardless. But dem start come out because by 1 or 2 a.m., we had a descent crowd and when it just started, we didn't get much people."
Another promoter of a weekly street dance said he would like to propose that all dances be locked off at 2 a.m., both during the week and on Saturdays.
He says, "Di 12 o' clock not going to mek it, we prefer to have a 2 a.m. lock-off time all throughout, because 12 o' clock is ridiculous. And furthermore, all of Jamaica don't know this and they are already used to the 2 a.m. lock off."